How to Recover From a Bad Interview Answer
It happens to almost everyone: you give an answer, and mid-sentence you realise it is coming out badly, or you are blank, or you say something you immediately regret. And then the real danger begins, which is not the bad...
How to Prepare for a Competition Interview
Competition law (or antitrust) is a genuinely fascinating area because it blends legal analysis with economic reasoning and real business behaviour, and that blend is exactly what a competition interview probes. If you have one coming up, the good news...
How to Handle a Take-Home Assignment in a Legal Interview
A take-home assignment is a gift and a trap at the same time. Unlike an on-the-spot exercise, you have time to do it well, which is the gift. The trap is misjudging the effort: doing too little and looking careless,...
How PQE-Specific Interviews Differ for Experienced Lawyers
Interviewing as an experienced lawyer is a genuinely different exercise from interviewing as a student or fresher, and preparing the same way you did years ago can trip you up. At a few years of PQE (post-qualification experience), the questions...
How to Prepare for a Public Policy Interview
A policy interview is a different creature from a law firm interview, so if you are moving toward think tanks, policy organisations or law-and-policy roles, preparing the same way you would for a firm will not fully serve you. Policy...
How to Prepare for an Investment Funds Interview
Investment funds is a more niche practice area, so if you have an interview for a funds team, you may feel you know less about it than about, say, general corporate work. That is completely normal and manageable. As with...
How to Prepare for a Capital Markets Interview
Capital markets is one of those practice areas that sounds impressive and slightly mysterious, and if you have an interview for one, you may be unsure what they will actually ask. The reassuring news is the same as for other...
How to Prepare for an Intellectual Property Interview
Intellectual property is a wonderfully varied area, covering things like trademarks, copyright, patents and technology, and often sitting where law meets creativity, innovation and business. If you have an IP interview coming up, the reassuring news is familiar: as a...
How to Prepare for an Arbitration Interview
Arbitration is one of the most sought-after dispute areas, blending the reasoning and advocacy of litigation with a distinct, often cross-border, framework for resolving disputes outside the regular courts. If you have an arbitration interview, you are probably wondering what...
How to Prepare for a Judicial Clerkship Interview
Interviewing for a judicial clerkship or a role assisting a judge is a special kind of interview, because the person assessing you is often the judge (or their office), and what they need is quite specific: someone who can research...
